A survey of economic theories and field evidence on pro-social behavior

Stephan Meier

In recent years, a large number of economic theories have evolved to explain people's pro-social behavior and the variation in their respective behavior. This paper surveys economic theories on pro-social behavior and presents evidence-mainly from the field-testing these theories. In addition, the survey emphasizes that institutional environment might significantly interact with pro?social preferences and explain some of the variation in observed pro-social behavior.

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Year of publication:	Jan. 2006 ; This version: January 2006
Other Persons:	Meier, Stephan (contributor)
Publisher:	Boston, Mass. : Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 41 S., 459,01 KB)
Series:	Working papers / Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. - Boston, Mass. : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2180749-8. - Vol. 06,06
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Notes:	Systemvoraussetzungen: Acrobat reader
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/55650 [Handle]
Classification:	D64 - Altruism ; C93 - Field Experiments ; H41 - Public Goods ; D01 - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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